MISS. LAWMAKERS PRAISE MULTI-YEAR NAVY CONTRACT AWARD FOR INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

MISS. LAWMAKERS PRAISE MULTI-YEAR NAVY CONTRACT AWARD FOR INGALLS SHIPBUILDING
 

U.S. Navy Awards Contract for 6 Arleigh-Burke Class Ships Worth $5.1 Billion
 

U.S. Navy Awards Contract for 6 Arleigh-Burke Class Ships Worth $5.1 Billion

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Congressman Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., today praised the award of a multi-year procurement contract worth more than $5.1 billion for the construction of six DDG-51 Flight III Destroyers at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula.
 
“The Flight III Destroyer...

HYDE-SMITH DELIVERS STRONG DEFENSE OF JUDGE KAVANAUGH, ADVOCATES FOR CONFIRMATION

HYDE-SMITH DELIVERS STRONG DEFENSE OF JUDGE KAVANAUGH, ADVOCATES FOR CONFIRMATION

Miss. Senator:  “The process has devolved into a purely-political effort by those who want to keep Judge Kavanaugh off the Court by destroying his reputation and his character.”

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today delivered a strong defense of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today delivered a strong defense of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON JUDGE KAVANAUGH

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON JUDGE KAVANAUGH  
 

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding the confirmation process for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States:
 
“Sexual assault of any kind is unacceptable, but it is becoming very apparent that a major partisan effort is underway to undermine not just Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination, but his character.  Judge Kavanaugh has repeatedly declared that none...

HYDE-SMITH CREDITS TEAM EFFORT FOR JOINT ARMY CORPS-NORTH DESOTO AGREEMENT ON FLOOD RELIEF

HYDE-SMITH CREDITS TEAM EFFORT FOR JOINT ARMY CORPS-NORTH DESOTO AGREEMENT ON FLOOD RELIEF
 
Army Corps of Engineers, DeSoto County Sign Pact on North DeSoto County Storm Water Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study

 

Senator Hyde-Smith with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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HERNANDO, MISS. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today credited a team effort attitude that will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a feasibility study on how best to address storm water runoff and flood risk abatement in...

HYDE-SMITH CALLS FOR “ALL-HANDS-ON-DECK APPROACH” TO FIGHTING MISSISSIPPI'S OPIOID PROBLEM

HYDE-SMITH CALLS FOR “ALL-HANDS-ON-DECK APPROACH” TO FIGHTING MISSISSIPPI'S OPIOID PROBLEM
In DeSoto County, U.S. Senator Highlights Public’s Role in “Take Back” Safe Medication Disposal Service
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OLIVE BRANCH, MISS. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged the public to take advantage of safe medication disposal sites as part of an “all-hands-on-deck approach” to fighting the growing opioid...

USDA awarding grants to help rural Mississippi communities

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

USDA awarding grants to help rural Mississippi communities

By WDAM Staff

MISSISSIPPI (WDAM) - Two Pine Belt communities will receive part of $9.3 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program to fund community improvement projects.

The...

Senate votes to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court

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Senate votes to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court

By Steven Gagliano

Following a vote largely along party lines, Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed as the ninth justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. 

The Senate voted 52-48 to confirm Barrett, who was nominated by...

Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote with GOP majority to confirm Amy Coney Barrett

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote with GOP majority to confirm Amy Coney Barrett

By Caleb Bedillion

Both of Mississippi’s U.S. senators, Roger Wicker of Tupelo and Cindy Hyde-Smith of Brookhaven, joined with a majority of their Republican colleagues to confirm...

Wicker, Hyde-Smith voice support for Supreme Court nominee

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Wicker, Hyde-Smith voice support for Supreme Court nominee

By Steven Gagliano

This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett by a final vote of 12-0 — with all 10 Democrats on the committee boycotting the...